Soap Talk - Netflix

Soap Talk is a television talk show on SOAPnet hosted by Lisa Rinna
and Ty Treadway. It debuted in 2002 and ended in 2006. The reason for
the show's cancellation was due to SOAPnet expanding their programming
away from a soap opera-related focus. Lisa Rinna was chosen to host the
show after executives at ABC (who owned SOAPnet) were impressed by her
on-screen auditions to take over the spot left open by Kathie Lee
Gifford on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. She was actually Regis
Philbin's first choice, but the network went with then ABC Daytime soap
star Kelly Ripa. Lisa also had a background in soaps. She was Billie
Reed on NBC Daytime's Days of Our Lives in the 1990s, as well as a
stint on Melrose Place. Ty Treadway was starring on One Life to Live
at the time. The show taped at ABC Prospect Studios in Hollywood,
California. Ty lived on the East Coast and had to fly in every weekend

Type: Talk Show

Languages: English

Status: Ended

Runtime: 30 minutes

Premier: None

Soap Talk - No soap radio - Netflix

“No soap radio” is a form of practical joke and an example of surreal
comedy. The joke is in reality a prank whereby the punch line has no
relation to the body of the joke; that is, it is actually not funny, but
participants in the prank pretend otherwise. The effect is to either
trick someone into laughing along as if they “get it” or to ridicule
them for not understanding. The joke became popular in New York in the
1950s. The punch line is known for its use as a basic sociological and
psychological experiment, specifically relating to mob mentality and the
pressure to conform. The basic setup is similar to the Asch conformity
experiments, in which people showed a proclivity to agree with a group
despite their own judgments.

Soap Talk - Execution of the prank - Netflix

This prank usually requires a teller and two listeners, one of whom is a
confederate who already knows the joke and secretly plays along with the
teller. The joke teller says something like, “The elephant and the
hippopotamus were taking a bath. And the elephant said to the hippo,
'Please pass the soap.' The hippo replied, 'No soap, radio.'” The
confederate laughs at the punchline, while the second listener is left
puzzled. In some cases, the second listener will pretend to understand
the joke and laugh along with the others to avoid appearing foolish. The
purpose of the prank is to elicit one of two responses from the victim:
False understanding – when the victim acts as if the joke is humorous,
when in fact the victim does not understand the joke at all. Negative
understanding – when the victim expresses confusion about what the joke
means and feels left out (e.g., “I don't get it”). The conspirators are
now prepared to mock the victim for the victim's “inability to get it”.
Sometimes, if the second listener does not respond right away, there is
an “explanation” of the joke to the second listener, which involves the
teller and the first listener emphasizing words or elongating pauses,
but providing no further information, e.g. “Don't you get it? No
soooap... radio!”